Genesis 12:1-6

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 12:6

And Abram passed through —literally, passed over, or traveled about as a pilgrim (cf. Hebrews 11:9 ) in— the land unto (or as far as) the place of Sichem . A prolepsis for the place where the city Shechem (either built by or named after the Hivite prince, Genesis 34:2 ) was afterwards situated, viz; between Ebal and Gerizim, in the middle of the land; "the most beautiful, perhaps the only very beautiful, spot in Central Palestine" (Stanley's 'Sinai and Palestine,' 5:234). The... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 12:6-9

Revelations. We here enter upon the more special history of Divine appearances. Hitherto the word is described simply as a word—"The Lord said;" now we connect with the word distinct appearances. The plain of Moreh will be ever memorable as the first scene of such revelations. The altar which Abram erected was to the Lord who appeared unto him, i.e. in commemoration of the vision. Thus the long line of theophanies commences. The great lesson of this record is the worship of man... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 12:6-10

The promised land. I. WANDERINGS . Entering Canaan from the north, the Chaldsean emigrant directs his progress steadily towards the south, removing from station to station till he reaches the furthest limit of the land. This wandering life to the patriarch must have been II. TRIALS . Along with ceaseless peregrinations, more or less exacting in their nature, trials of another and severer sort entered into the texture of the patriarch's experience in the promised land. The... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Genesis 12:1-9

- The Call of Abram6. שׁכם shekem Shekem, “the upper part of the back.” Here it is the name of a person, the owner of this place, where afterward is built the town called at first Shekem, then Flavia Neapolis, and now Nablous. אלון 'ēlôn “the oak;” related: “be lasting, strong.” מורה môreh In Onkelos “plain;” Moreh, “archer, early rain, teacher.” Here the name of a man who owned the oak that marked the spot. In the Septuagint it is rendered ὑψηγήν hupseegeen.8. בית־אל bēyt-'êl, Bethel,... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 12:1

Genesis 12:1. We have here the call whereby Abram was removed from, the land of his nativity into the land of promise. This call was designed both to try his faith and obedience, and also to set him and his family apart for God, in order that the universal prevalence of idolatry might be prevented, and a remnant reserved for God, among whom his true worship might be maintained, his oracles preserved, and his ordinances established till the coming of the Messiah. God seems also, by sending him... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 12:2

Genesis 12:2. I will make of thee a great nation When God took him from his own people, he promised to make him the head of another people. This promise was both a great relief to Abram’s burden, for he had now no child, and a great trial to Abram’s faith, for his wife had been long barren; so that if he believe, it must be against hope, and his faith must build purely upon that power which “can out of stones raise up children unto Abraham.” I will bless thee Either particularly with the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 12:3

Genesis 12:3. In thee shall all families of the earth be blessed This promise crowned all the rest; for it pointed at the Messiah, “in whom all the promises are yea and amen.” Now, with what astonishing exactness has God fulfilled these promises, and yet how unlikely it was, at the time they were made, that they should be fulfilled! Surely we need no other proof that the historian wrote by inspiration of God! read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 12:4

Genesis 12:4. So Abram departed He was not disobedient to the heavenly vision. His obedience was speedy and without delay, submissive and without dispute. So should ours be to him who says, “Deny thyself, take up thy cross, and follow me.” read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 12:5

Genesis 12:5. They took with them the souls that they had gotten That is, the proselytes they had made, and persuaded to worship the true God, and to go with them to Canaan; the souls which (as one of the rabbis expresseth it) they had “gathered under the wings of the Divine Majesty.” read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 12:6

Genesis 12:6. The Canaanite was then in the land He found the country possessed by Canaanites, who were likely to be but bad neighbours; and for aught appears, he could not have ground to pitch his tent on but by their permission. read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 12:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 12:6-9

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 12:6-10

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Genesis 12:1-9

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 12:1

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 12:2

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 12:3

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 12:4

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 12:5

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 12:6

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